First of all, there is no truth to the rumor that North Korea wants to mass-produce the new Jennifer Lopez-Ben Affleck movie Gigli. Apparently, that bomb is far too much for Kim Jong Il and his minions to handle. Best to stay with the nuclear stuff, which, apparently, is far less daunting. More

Arnold Schwarzenegger has only four words for California Gov. Gray Davis: "Hasta la vista, baby!" For two weeks, those close to the Terminator leaked to reporters that the celebrity had decided against running in the California gubernatorial recall. More

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This has got to be one of the strangest controversies in a long time. A movie that won't be released for months is being denounced by people who haven't seen it. Why? Because they claim the film assigns blame for a crime to a handful of people who have been dead for 2,000 years. More

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To comment on a City Paper story or local issue, send us a typed letter 100 words or less (with zip code and a daytime phone number for verification) to: letters@nashvillecitypaper.com, or Editor, The City Paper, P.O. Box 158434, Nashville, TN 37215. Letters may be edited to fit. There is no guarantee letters received will be printed. More

An old joke has it that someday an earthquake will cleanly divide California from the rest of the country making it an independent nation. The undertone of that, of course, is that California is so different from the rest of the United States that it might as well rule itself. More

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President Bush tells a press conference that marriage can only take place between a man and a woman. Bride's magazine, for the first time in its 70-year history, has published an article in its September/October issue detailing the proper etiquette for a same-sex wedding. What's going on? More

The recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Grutter v. Bollinger permits colleges to award a "plus" to black, Hispanic and American Indian student applications for admission. As sure as night follows day, we can expect racial fraud. You can bet the rent money that the number of white students identifying themselves on their applications as black, Hispanic and American Indian is going to rise. More

Jim Inhofe is my new hero. The Oklahoma lawmaker dared this week to deliver a speech on the Senate floor in which he declared that all the scary reports about catastrophic global warming are nothing less than a hoax. More